The federal debt is something we rarely consider, not even during elections, like last year’s. It’s a wonky topic that most politicians, let alone voters, do not understand. That’s unfortunate, because the government pays interest …
There is an interesting possibility for the Des Moines Register in the unsolicited bid of hedge-fund-backed Digital First Media for Gannett Co. Analysts have suggested the hedge fund’s goal is to bleed profits from Gannett’s …
You may have heard about the seven Des Moines Register journalists who took the company’s recent buyout — five reporters, an artist and a photographer with a combined 195 years of service. Three others who …
I was curious recently when I heard an economist say he would be keeping an eye on bankruptcy filings in 2019. If they start increasing, he said, it would be a sign that the economy …
“Unhinged” by Omarosa Manigault Newman is in many ways the most interesting Trump insider book of 2018. She dates the unwinding of Donald Trump’s presidency to his third month in office, when, she wrote, “His …
The good news for Iowa lawmakers when they return to Des Moines in a couple of weeks is that state tax receipts are in better shape than they have been at any time in recent …
“Chuck Grassley and Jeff Kaufmann are making a big mistake,” said a voice as I walked out of Auto Lab at 28th Street and Grand Avenue, where Tony had just put snow tires on my …
Joe LeValley has written a compelling crime novel, “Burying the Lede,” about a small-town Iowa newspaper reporter named Tony Harrington, who works for the Town Crier in fictitious Orney, Iowa. For many journalists the desire …
Dear Bix, That’s what we’re calling you. Along with Bea, Bixy and Bea-nut. Your full name is Beatrix Anne Elbert. You were born in the early hours of Oct. 4, 2018, in New York. Like …
If you’re an investor and don’t have vertigo by now, you clearly haven’t been paying attention, because this year’s stock market has had more peaks and valleys than Wyoming’s Grand Teton mountains. With the election …
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